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Louis Tomlinson has lawyered up to wage a custody war, because he says his baby mama is not letting him see their kid ... TMZ has learned.

Sources connected with Louis tell TMZ, the One Direction singer claims Briana Jungwirth has gotten greedy and wants money ... and lots of it. He claims she's using their 1-month-old son, Freddie Reign, to leverage a bigger payday.

It's a surprising turn ... Louis got Briana a 3 bedroom home in Calabasas and he's renting a $21 million home in L.A. to be close to Freddie.

Louis has not gotten a DNA test but says there's no doubt he's the dad ... they dated exclusively during the period in which she got pregnant.

We're told Louis is gunning for an order forcing Briana to give him some custodial rights, including significant access to his son.

Jamie Foxx thinks people have gotten way too serious about the Oscar protests ... and thinks everyone's just got to laugh more.

Jamie took some heat for joking about #WhatsTheBigDeal and #ActBetter recently at the American black film festival awards. The Oscar winner is firing up his new comedy act, and thinks people have got to start exercising their funny bones more.

In other words, #ItsJustTheOscarsDude

Travis Barker is attacking his ex, Shanna Moakler ... accusing her of neglecting their kids, misusing their child support money, and exposing them to drugs and weapons.

The Blink 182 drummer filed docs demanding some changes STAT to his child custody arrangement with Moakler for several reasons including his concerns that she has drugs and guns in the house with them. He's not more specific about that allegation in the docs.

Barker also says he found out their son, 12-year-old Landon, was "roaming around" Calabasas earlier this month and hanging with a 15-year-old girl ... without Shanna's knowledge. In the docs, he also says she's sending Landon and their daughter Alabama to school without lunches.

Parenting issues aside ... Travis also has money concerns. He's paying $18k per month in child support, but wants that number slashed -- as low as $2,900 per month -- because he thinks Shanna's spending a lot of the dough on herself. He's also playing the poverty card ... rock star poverty, anyway.

Travis says he was hauling in more than $2 mil annually when they reached their current deal, but says he earned less than $600k in 2015. He's far from broke though ... admitting he has nearly $37 million in assets.

A source close to Shanna tells us she's devastated by Travis' filing, and if he really cared about the kids he wouldn't try to financially destroy their mother.

A contestant on "Survivor: Kaoh Rong" failed to outwit, outplay and outlast the feds ... because she pled guilty to felonies for falsifying Hurricane Katrina water test results ... TMZ has learned.

Debbie Wanner, a 49-year-old chemist from Reading, PA, was arrested in 2010 and charged with 3 counts of falsifying test results from Hurricane Katrina water samples.

Wanner worked for a private lab that did testing for various Pennsylvania counties and private companies. Her company was hired to ensure water met various environmental standards.

According to legal docs, Wanner took on clients when she knew her company did not have the proper equipment to provide accurate results. The criminal complaint alleges she falsified water test results.

Wanner pled guilty to 3 felonies for falsifying results. She was placed on 1 year probation.

It's interesting timing ... she's on the show in the middle of the Flint water crisis.

Debbie's strutting her expertise on 'Survivor' on all things water ... if they only knew.

The Academy Awards are luring celebrities to their lavish gifting suites by showering them in things like beauty treatments, lavish vacations and even a simple pack of gum.

GBK, the fancy event planning firm that gives away high-priced Oscars swag every year, is posting up at the London Hotel. This year they're providing $20,000 worth of freebies which includes some low key items -- a $130 3D printing pen, and $15 vegan gum.

The big ticket swag though is the $8,000 trip for 2 to St. Martin, and a $1,500 laser treatment ... to burn fat around your abs. Seriously. There's also an $8,000 coupon to a Beverly Hills vision center.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas let it all hang out after a long lunch Thursday near Capitol Hill.

Our photog got the Justice on his way out of The Capital Grille at around 3:15 PM. We're told he dined in a private back room with a group of guys.

You gotta see the video ... Thomas is in hysterics for most of it, asking why our guy would "photobomb" him. After our photog ID's himself as a TMZ cameraman, the Justice says, "I know you. I'm just giving you a hard time"

Fetty Wap is back in the saddle again -- just 5 months after that motorcycle crash that broke his left leg in 3 places he's rolling with some serious riders.

Sources close to the situation tell TMZ, Fetty is currently honing his skills with the Go Hard Boyz -- a Harlem motorcycle group -- for a project to help benefit the inner city.

For now, it looks like the "Trap Queen" rapper is on 4 wheels instead of 2, but he already has some sharp moves.

There's one less lonely girl in the world -- Justin Bieber's dad is getting married.

Jeremy Bieber proposed to his longtime girlfriend Chelsea last week in St. Barts. Some friends recorded him popping the question at a scenic overlook. They've been together for a few years -- he's 41 and she's 28 -- and our sources say Justin digs Chelsea ... as does the rest of the family.

The investigation into Johnny Manziel's alleged assault of his girlfriend Colleen Crowley is being kicked to a grand jury ... which will decide whether or not to bring charges against the QB.

The Dallas Police Dept. has announced ... "The investigation of the domestic violence assault involving Jonathan Manziel, which occurred on January 30, 2016, has been completed."

"Today, a Class A misdemeanor Assault/Domestic Violence case has been referred to the Dallas County District Attorney’s office for presentation to the grand jury."

"The Dallas Police Department will not release any details of the investigation while it is pending grand jury presentation."

As we previously reported, Crowley told police Manziel hit her several times in the head during an argument which began at a Dallas hotel ... rupturing her eardrum in the process.

Manziel has previously denied the allegations -- telling TMZ Sports, "It didn't happen."

Investigators have said they have reviewed health records and surveillance footage from the hotel -- though they have not said what was on the video.

Elvis Presley's longtime doctor -- who stood trial for over-prescribing Presley -- died in Memphis on Wednesday at the age of 88.

Dr. George Nichopoulos was infamously known to Elvis fans as "Dr. Nick" and much like Conrad Murray after Michael Jackson's death -- he came under heavy scrutiny when the king of rock 'n' roll died.

Dr. Nick traveled with Elvis as part of his entourage, but after Presley died in 1977 ... the doc faced criminal charges for negligently dishing drugs to Elvis. Unlike Murray, he was acquitted in 1981.

He did eventually lose his medical license for over-prescribing addictive drugs to several patients, including Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis -- but remained adamant all the meds he gave Elvis "were necessities."

Sound the alarm ... Kardashian Inc's head honcho Kris Jenner is out of the email game after having a crippling corrective surgery.

Kris excitedly posted a shot of Chrissy Teigen's new cookbook, but included her heavily bandaged right hand in the pic. Sources connected to the momager tell us she had surgery yesterday for a bone spur on her middle finger.

We're told the injury means she's on the shelf when it comes to emailing or texting -- a huge deal for her, considering how many careers she's managing. But Kris isn't out of the game completely ... one of her assistants will just be doing a ton of dictation.

Former "Dating Naked" host Amy Paffrath might be the happiest person we've seen after losing a seriously kush Hollywood gig.

We got Amy outside Fred Segal in WeHo and asked why she wouldn't be hosting season 3 of the show. She was dropped just a few weeks before shooting started ... which makes the tone of her response even more remarkable.

Zero bitterness, tons of praise for her old co-workers, and she even worked in a plug for her latest project. Amy's smart ... never burn a bridge. Especially if it leads to working with naked people in awesome tropical locations.

S.I. swimsuit model Tanya Mityushina knows she's fighting an uphill battle against plus sized model Ashley Graham ... and it could cost her the coveted "Rookie of the Year" title.

We got Tanya in Bev Hills and she talked about the fact Ashley's already one of S.I.'s cover girls, which could give her an unfair advantage in the rookie voting.

But Tanya's not giving up just yet. She gave us her best pitch for why she should top Ashley this time around. Hard to argue with this logic.

Bill Cosby just pressed pause on his defamation lawsuit against Beverly Johnson ... but is not letting her off the hook ... TMZ has learned.

Cosby's lawyers are asking a judge to dismiss his defamation case against the supermodel ... in which he claims she went on a smear campaign to make herself relevant again.

Cosby's lawyer tells us his client can't have multiple focuses going at the same time ... he needs to devote full attention to his pending criminal case.

The lawyer adds this case will be refiled once the criminal case runs its course, before the statute of limitations runs out.